The 100-minute show at Stanford Stadium will feature a giant-screen
journey through a century of university history and will include live
appearances by internationally renowned performing artists, public figures,
and Stanford alumni, plus fireworks and laser technology.

Among the other participants will be folk legend Joan Baez, cabaret
performer Michael Feinstein, jazz fusion group Hiroshima, gospel singer Edwin
Hawkins and flutist James Galway. Silicon Valley pioneers William Hewlett and
David Packard, former San Francisco 49ers and Stanford Coach Bill Walsh,
two-time Olympic decathlon champion Bob Mathias, former Stanford and 49er
quarterback Frankie Albert, and former Stanford football coach John Ralston
also will make appearances, along with other Stanford personalities.

The Stadium Spectacular aims to bring together more than 50,000 alumni,
students, faculty and staff members, and Bay Area residents to share in the
celebration of Stanford's first hundred years.

"This event will provide a level of drama and pageantry that people won't
soon forget," said Centennial Director Stephen Peeps. "More than that,
however, this is our way of welcoming Stanford's friends and neighbors
throughout Northern California into our Centennial celebration."

The show will be produced, in consultation with University Events and
Services and the Centennial Year Office, by Eventures, the New York-based
firm that produced the 1990 Goodwill Games opening and closing ceremonies in
Seattle, and the Coca-Cola Centennial in Atlanta.

"If you think about all there is to say about Stanford -- its colorful
history, its academic traditions, its role in the development of the American
West -- you begin to realize how challenging this event will be," said
Eventures President Barnett Lipton. "We are honored to play a part in the
closing of Stanford's first century."

'The Stadium Spectacular aims to bring more than 50,000 alumni, students,
faculty and Bay Area residents together to share in the celebration of
Stanford's first hundred years.

Tickets go on public sale July 15 at the Stanford Stadium Gate 2 ticket
window (open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday) and at all BASS
outlets. Phone orders will be accepted at 723-1021. The prices are $25 for
general admission, and $15 for Stanford students, faculty and staff, and
anyone 18 and under. Centennial Circle seats on the 50-yard line are
available for $100.

Revenue from ticket sales and corporate sponsorships is expected to offset
the costs of the show, as well as other Centennial Year events, according to
university officials.

The history of Stanford University began in 1885, when Leland and Jane
Stanford signed the university's founding grant. They established the school
as a memorial to their only son, Leland Jr., who died at age 15 of typhoid
fever. Stanford University opened its doors to students on Oct. 1, 1891.

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